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Giant Bomb's Nintendo Switch Launch Day Livestream
- Thread starter chubigans
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Virtually all that 3rd party stuff was cross-gen or on XB1. I'm saying if he factors in Zelda not being an exclusive, then PS4 looked weak as hell.
Obviously, factoring in the non-exclusive stuff, the PS4 crushes it despite how good Zelda is. I'm saying if non-exclusive comes out of the equation to his point, all the launches look weak..
dragonflys545
Member
All launches looks weak, but this is possibly the worst of em all. it's even worst than Wii U launch.
No it isn't. I had that too and while I love Nintendoland, it had that and NSMBU then some shitty 3rd party ports. Give me Snipperclips, Zelda, Fast RMX and Shovel Knight over that.
If it wasn't for the £100 Amazon price mistake, there's no way I'd have gotten a Wii U at launch.
DesmondGreer
Neo Member
UPF is about to start guys.
Community Forum
Member
Wait... what?
I feel you. I really want to play Zelda, but no single game is worth 380 (plus 70 for the Pro Controller). I hope the Switch gets cheaper closer to the holiday season.
| Praxis |
Banned
Still glad I have ordered a Switch. I really want to play Zelda (only ever played an hour or so of one before) and I haven't owned a Nintendo console since the 64, so instead of buying a Wii U to play it I may as well pay the extra for the Switch.
Salty Hippo
Member
Did they delete the video? Can't find it even on their site.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It was a youtube stream, so it should still be there.
Salty Hippo
Member
It was, but now it's gone. At least for me. Can you access the video?
Smiles and Cries
Member
it was up on youtube but got deleted while I was rewatching it earlier
not sure if it was a Nintendo strike or something else
TwiztidElf
Member
Holy shit, Vroom in the Night Sky reminds me of a launch PS1 game. Untextured polygons everywhere!
I get the feeling Nintendo has a bunch of finished games but wants to avoid an anemic post launch where they have a game drought and instead want a steady stream of quality titles e.g. We have MARIO Kart next month, then Arms likely the month after followed by Splatoon 2 followed by Xenoblade 2 followed by Mario Odyssey.
Personally I think it's a pretty clever strategy as they were always gonna sell the majority of their launch stock so drop feeding quality content is more likely to keep the core engaged whilst drawing new folks in and keeping the conversation going.
I personally don't need anything other than Zelda, in saying that I've got Bomberman, 1-2-Switch and Snipperclips to play with the kids.
AquaWateria
Member
If having Zelda which is the equivalent of Super Mario 64 in terms of being a system seller is considered worst of them all, then I guess everything else is shit tier.
Like the Switch has a legit system seller game that has a 98 on metacritic. That literally shits on anything PS4 and Xbox had for launch.
Inb4 Zelda doesn't count.
Bit over 3 hours from memory. Maybe 3:20.
coughlanio
Member
Zelda is not a system seller to the same degree of Mario or Mario Kart. Highest selling Zelda is what, 8 million on a 100+ million selling system?
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Yeah New Super Mario Bros U really helped make Wii U a success.
matrix-cat
Member
I don't watch Giant Bomb stuff so much any more, but I tuned into this and man Jeff looks great! He looks like he's lost quite a bit of weight.
Which is laughable bc that game feels like amateur hour until you get to the luigi stuff.
This launch has an amazing ground breaking zelda. I get that its on wiiu, but that doesnt allow you to play it portable.
Im about to watch this stream and i expect some harsh opinions but thats ok.
PS4 didn't have games at launch?
He's been playing a ton of it since Friday, like literally every time I get on to play, which is a lot, I see him playing lol.